64 VA Restaurants Honored With Wine Spectator Awards; 1 Receives Grand Award

VIRGINIA — Sixty-four restaurants in Virginia have been recognized for their wine programs, joining 3,700 establishments worldwide as winners in Wine Spectator’s 2024 Restaurant Awards.

Award winners are from all 50 states and more than 75 countries and territories. Awards are given across three categories: Award of Excellence, presented to about 2,150 restaurants; the Best of Award of Excellence, presented to about 1,531 restaurants; and the Grand Award, presented to 96 restaurants, including Virginia's The Inn at Little Washington.

Winning restaurants from Virginia are:

Grand Award

• The Inn at Little Washington: Washington, Virginia

Best of Award of Excellence

• Barcelona Wine Bar: Reston, Virginia
• Buckhead's Restaurant & Chop House: Henrico, Virginia
• Byrd & Baldwin Bros. Steakhouse: Norfolk, Virginia
• Crush Pad Wines: Charlottesville, Virginia
• Elements: Meadows of Dan, Virginia
• Eurasia Cafe: Virginia Beach, Virginia
• Fahrenheit 132: Fredericksburg, Virginia
• Fleurie Restaurant: Charlottesville, Virginia
• Houndstoouth: Huntly, Virginia
• L'Auberge Provençale: Boyce, Virginia
• Lehja: Richmond, Virginia
• Lost Letter: Richmond, Virginia
• Mermaid Winery: Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Virginia
• Pazzo Pomodoro: Vienna, Ashburn, Virginia
• River Stone Chophouse: Suffolk, Virginia
• Shagbark Restaurant: Richmond, Virginia
• The Ashby Inn & Restaurant: Paris, Virginia
• The Conservatory at Goodstone: Middleburg, Virginia
• The Restaurant at Blue Rock: Washington, Virginia
• Vintage Tavern: Suffolk, Virginia

Award of Excellence

• 1799 Prime Steak & Seafood: Alexandria, Virginia
• 1799 at the Clifton: Charlottesville, Virginia
• Alias: Warrenton, Virginia
• Amiraj: Williamsburg, Virginia
• Becca Restaurant & Garden: Virginia Beach, Virginia
• Bottle Stop Wine Bar: Occoquan, Virginia
• Carmello's: Manassas, Virginia
• Chima Steakhouse: Vienna, Virginia
• Cork and Bull Chophouse: Chesapeake, Virginia
• Davio's Northern Italian Steakhouse: Reston, Virginia
• Duner's: Charlottesville, Virginia
• Early Mountain: Madison, Virginia
• Echelon Wine Bar: Leesburg, Virginia
• Eddie Merlot's: Ashburn, Virginia
• Eddie V's Prime Seafood: McLean, Virginia
• Field & Main Restaurant: Marshall, Virginia
• Fogo de Chão: Tysons, Reston, Virginia
• Harrimans Grill: Middleburg, Virginia
• Heirloom: Reston, Virginia
• Hondos: Glen Allen, Virginia
• Lemaire: Richmond, Virginia
• Lightfoot Restaurant: Leesburg, Virginia
• Luce Secondo: Chesapeake, Virginia
• Masala Bites: Virginia Beach, Virginia
• Morton's, The Steakhouse: Reston, Arlington, Virginia
• Old Original Bookbinder's Seafood & Steakhouse: Richmond, Virginia
• Opus 9 Steakhouse: Williamsburg, Virginia
• Perry's Steakhouse & Grille, Richmond, Virginia
• SER Restaurant: Arlington, Virginia
• Schlesinger's Chophouse: Newport News, Virginia
• Seasons 52: McLean, Virginia
• Tautog's: Virginia Beach, Virginia
• The Capital Grille: McLean, Fairfax, Virginia
• The Local Restaurant & Catering: Charlottesville, Virginia
• The Palm Tysons Corner: McLean, Virginia
• The Red Fox Inn & Tavern: Middleburg, Virginia
• Tizzone: Dalesville, Virginia
• Trio Grill: Falls Church, Virginia
• Tuscarora Mill: Leesburg, Virginia
• Vintage Restaurant: Orange, Virginia
• Yiannis Wine and Food: Virginia Beach, Virginia

Wine Spectator said the Award of Excellence winners generally have a wine list of at least 100 vintages, while the Best of Award of Excellence winners generally have at least 350 selections. The Grand Award winners have 1,000 or more selections, presenting diners with a depth of vintages from some of the world’s most acclaimed winemakers.

"The restaurant industry is growing and thriving, with restaurant openings surpassing pre-pandemic levels for the first time," said Marvin Shanken, the editor and publisher of Wine Spectator. "To take advantage of the uptick, restaurateurs are investing in their wine programs. Restaurants that make wine a priority are what the Wine Spectator Restaurant Awards program is all about."